[QuadList] Jan. 21, 1959 Kraft Music Hall--In Color on N-B-C

[Ted Langdell]

Herlihy might also have been recorded on audio tape and the tape flown  
to Burbank.  But listening on good speakers, I thought it had a touch  
of that "Network" sound we all remember from 3,000 miles of telco line.




On Mar 24, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Dennis Degan wrote:

>
> 		On Mar 24, 2011, at 6:55 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:
>
> > The same YouTube poster also posted the first act—13:09—of the  
> Jan. 21, 1959 Kraft Music Hall with Berle, in color.
> 			<http://www.youtube.com/user/vmanfactor5#p/u/6/JdJXvSm3qRk>
> > Notes or comments indicated the announcer was out of NYC, but the  
> show was shot in Burbank.
> > In thinking about how the show might have been produced, I suppose  
> the VO could have been sent down the line to Burbank, but it "feels"  
> more like a live-switch to live audio, possibly edited into the  
> Burbank master or the NYC recording of a Burbank feed.
>
> 		I say:
>
> 	The announcer was Ed Herlihy, who was based in New York.  Herlihy  
> was arguably the most famous announcer of all at the time.  His  
> voice was prominent in newsreels of the 40's, 50's and into the  
> 60's.  The reason for his being the announcer for this program was  
> because Herlihy was the voice of Kraft, handling all of their  
> commercial voiceovers as well as announcing for "Kraft Music Hall".   
> I met Herlihy on the set of Martin Scorcese's "King Of Comedy" in  
> 1982.  Part of the movie was shot in the TV studio where I worked at  
> the time, Reeves/Teletape's 81st Street studio.  He performed as the  
> announcer of the fictitious "Jerry Langford Show".  His is a very  
> distinctive friendly voice; easily recognizable.
> 	Exactly how his voiceover was done for this Milton Berle special is  
> a bit of a mystery.  My guess is that in the days before easy  
> availability of quality audio links between the East and West  
> Coasts, it's likely that Herlihy would have flown to Burbank to  
> announce for the Berle special in person.
>
> 			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> 	  					NBC Today Show, New York
>
>
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Ted Langdell
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